LPL Financial is a capital markets business based in the US. LPL Financial shares (LPLA) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $334.06 – an increase of 4.62% over the previous week. LPL Financial employs 9,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $12.1 billion.
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| Latest market close | $334.06 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $186.55 - $383.67 |
| 50-day moving average | $326.32 |
| 200-day moving average | $292.15 |
| Wall St. target price | $386.33 |
| PE ratio | 23.7578 |
| Dividend yield | $1.2 (0.36%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $14.04 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $333.56 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-29) | 4.46% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-07) | 15.88% |
| 3 months (2025-02-07) | -9.64% |
| 6 months (2024-11-07) | 9.40% |
| 1 year (2024-05-07) | 24.01% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-05) | 76.55% |
| 3 years (2022-05-06) | 88.87% |
| 5 years (2020-05-07) | 432.03% |
Valuing LPL Financial stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of LPL Financial's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
LPL Financial's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 24x. In other words, LPL Financial shares trade at around 24x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
LPL Financial's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.4377. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into LPL Financial's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
LPL Financial's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.1 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a LPL Financial's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $12.1 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 10.9% |
| Gross profit TTM | $4.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 8.93% |
| Return on equity TTM | 42.26% |
| Profit margin | 8.76% |
| Book value | $39.26 |
| Market Capitalization | $26.7 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 9.76% of net profits
Recently LPL Financial has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), LPL Financial shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In LPL Financial's case, that would currently equate to about $1.2 per share.
While LPL Financial's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that LPL Financial is investing more in its future growth.
LPL Financial's most recent dividend payout was on 24 March 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 10 March 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, LPL Financial's shares have ranged in value from as little as $186.5484 up to $383.6696. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while LPL Financial's is 0.637. This would suggest that LPL Financial's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
LPL Financial Holdings Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, provides an integrated platform of brokerage and investment advisory services to independent financial advisors and financial advisors at institutions in the United States. The company's brokerage offerings include variable and fixed annuities, mutual funds, equities, fixed income, alternative investments, retirement and 529 education savings plans, and insurance; and client cash programs consist of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured bank sweep vehicles, and a client cash and money market account. It also provides fee-based platforms that provide access to mutual funds, exchange traded funds, stocks, bonds, certain options strategies, unit investment trusts, institutional money managers, and no-load multi-manager variable annuities. In addition, the company offers retirement solutions for commission and fee-based services that allow advisors to provide brokerage services, consultation, and advice to retirement plan sponsors. Further, it provides other services comprising tools and services that enable advisors to maintain and grow their practices; trust, investment management oversight, and custodial services for estates and families; an advisor-facing trading and portfolio rebalancing platform; insurance brokerage general agency services; and technology products, such as proposal generation, investment analytics, and portfolio modeling. The company was formerly known as LPL Investment Holdings Inc.
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